Cottage or tent-house.



P. A. KESSLER.

COTTAGE 0R TENT HOUSE.

APPLICATION rum A1 B.14,-1910.

Patented Aug. 23,1910.

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PHILIP A. KE'SSLER, OF GHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

COTTAGE R TENT-HOUSE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 23, 1910.

Application filed April 14, 1910.. Serial No. 555,376.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PHILIP A. KEssLER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Cottages or Tent-Houses, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates particularly to cottages or tent houses adapted forthe use of invalids; and my rimary object is to provide a structure ofthe character indicated which is capable of being manufactured atmoderate cost, which may be readily shipped in knock-down condition anderected with facility, and which has improved facilities forventilation, enabling the patient to breathe the outdoor atmosphere,while his body is amply protected, and a room is afforded by theconstruction which may, if desired, be kept at a warmer temperature thanis the chamber in which the patients head is located when he is lying onthe cot or bed provided.

The invention is illustrated in its preferred embodiment in theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents a broken sideelevational view of a tent-cottage constructed in accordance with myinvention; Fig. 2, a broken Vertical sectional view taken as indicatedat line 2 of Fig. 7 and showing the adjustable ceiling cloth or fabricemployed at that end of the structure in which the patients head islocated when he occupies the cot or bed provided; Fig. 3, a brokenhorizontal sectional view taken as indicated at line 3 of Fig. 2; Fig.4, a section similar to Fig. 2 and showing a portion of the ceilingcloth retracted or rolled up to place what I will term the headchamberin ventilating communication with the ventilated attic of thestructure; Fig. 5, a broken central vertical section taken as indicatedat line of Fig. 7; Fig. 6, a view of the entrance end of thetent-cottage, portions of the canvas-covering being shown broken away todisclose the screen beneath; and Fig. 7, a transverse vertical sectiontaken as indicated at line 7 of Fig. 1.

In the preferred construction which is illustrated, the inventioncomprises a substantially rectangular structure A surmounted by a roof Aand divided into a main chamber A and a head ohamber'A, the arrangementand construction being such as will now be described in detail.

The structure A comprises a frame 2 which may be of any suitableknock-down construction; side panels 3, 4 and 5 applied to saidframe-work; ventilation doors 6 disposed above the panels 3 and arrangedopposite each other; end-panels 7, 7 covering the frame-work 2 at oneend of the structure from the bottom to near the top thereof; a windowor ventilation door 8 disposed above the panels 7 and extendingcrosswise of the structure; a door 9 forming one panel at the oppositeend of the structure and having mounted therein a window 10; and a panel11 adjacent the door 9 and surmounted by a window 12.

The frameworkincludes sills 13 supporting a floor- 14, and also includesuprights or scantlings 15 to which the panels are secured. Each panelcomprises a suitable frame 16 having applied thereto wire netting 17 anda canvas-covering 18.

The ventilating doors 6 are preferably composed of frames 19 covered byscreen 20 and canvas 21, said doors being preferably mounted in upwardextensions 22 of the frames of the panels 3, being secured thereto byhinges 23.

lVithin the structure may be located a bed or cot 24 whose head islocated in the chamber A and whose main portion extends into the chamberA-. The chamber A rated from the chamber A by a canvas partition orcurtain 25 which depends from the ceiling of the structure and isslitted from its bottom edge upwardly to the height of is sepathe top ofthe bed, so as to form a flap 26 adapted to lie on the bed or beneaththe top cover thereof, and a flap 27 adapted to extend to the flooratthe side of the bed.

The window or closure 8 is attached by hinges 28 at its upper edge, andis adapted to swing outwardly and upwardly. The panels 7 are covered byscreen and canvas, as are the side panels of the structure. The panel 11is covered by screen and canvas, as is also that portion of the door 9which is beneath the window 10. As above indi cated, the window.10 isset in the upper portion of the door frame. The window 12 is mounted inan upward extension 29 of the frame of the panel 11, said window 12being attached at its upper edge by hinges 30. The door frame is carriedby hinges 31.

As a part of the frame-work 2, there are employed at the top thereofhorizontallydisposed members 32 upon which the roof A is mounted. Thetransverse members 32 are connected with the longitudinal members 32 bystraps 33 having threaded extensions equipped with nuts.

The roof A is made collapsible, and comprises a pair of base frames 34which are connected at their lower sides at the center of the structureby hinges 35 having longitudinally-disposed pintles; inclined frames 36which meet at the ridge of the structure and which have their loweredges connected, by hinges 37, having longitudinally-disposed pintles,to the outer longitudinal members 38 of the base-frames 34; andremovable members or uprights 39 which support the inclined frames 36 onthe base frames 34. The meeting members of the inclined frames 36 may beconnected by clips or irons 40 which are removably secured in place byscrews 41. Over each inclined frame 36 is spread a wire netting 42, andover the entire roof is spread a canvas 43. The gables may be covered byscreen and canvas 44. As thus described, the roof affords a low attic45, and at the ends thereof, or in the gables, are provided swingingventilating windows 46.

In the base frames 34 of the roof are employed outer longitudinalmembers or boards 47 whose inner edges project past the inner surfacesof the members 32, and to the lower margins of the inner edge portionsof said boards 47 are secured tacking strips 48 to which is attached acanvas ceiling 49. A section 50 at that end of the canvas 49 which isdisposed above the chamber A is left untacked, that is, is not securedto the tacking strip 48, except at the cross-member 48 thereof. Thesection 50 of the canvas ceiling is secured to a transversely-disposedmovable tacking strip 51 whose ends are provided with headed studs 52 towhich are attached cords 53 which extend through eyes 54 secured to thecorresponding endframe of the structure, said cords 53 having their freeends connected with coil-springs 55 which are attached to the frame-workof the structure near the curtain or diaphragm 25. The strip 51 may berolled to wind up the canvas section 50, the springs 55 yielding topermit this action, and the strip, with the canvas wound thereon, may besecured in a retracted position by a strap or straps 56, each of whichstraps has one end attached to the framework and the other end providedwith a slot 57 adapted to hook over a stud 58 carried by the frame-work.One of the doors or ventilating windows 46 of the attic is locatedpractically above the chamber A It will now be understood that a patientmay occupy the cot 24 (shown in dotted lines), the patient having hishead disposed in the chamber A and his body disposed in the chamber AWhen the windows or venl. A structure of the character set forthtilating side doors 6 are open, therefore, the patient will be permittedto breath the outdoor atmosphere; and, if desired, the movable ceilingsection 50 may be retracted and the ventilating attic windows opened, sothat the air will pass upwardly and out through the attic.

In shipping the structure, before erection, the inclined frames 36 ofthe roof may be folded so as to extend parallel with the base frames 34of the roof, and the base frames of the roof may be folded about thehinges 35, thus getting the roof into compact form for shipment. Whenthe structure is erected, the plates or boards 47 are secured to theframe-work 2 by straps 59 which are equipped with threaded bolts whichextend through the members 47 and are secured by nuts 50.

The foregoing detailed description has been given for clearness ofunderstanding only, and hence no undue limitation is to be understoodtherefrom, but the appended claims should be construed as broadly aspermissible in view of the prior art.

WVhat I regard as new and desire to secure Letters Patent is comprisinga main compartment and a head compartment separated by a diaphragm, saidhead compartment having a pair of lateral ventilating windows disposedopposite each other.

2. A structure of the character set forth comprising a main compartmentand a head compartment separated by a diaphragm, said head compartmenthaving oppositely located lateral ventilating windows, and an atticchamber disposed above said firstnamed chambers and separated therefromby a ceiling, said ceiling having a withdrawable section located abovesaid head chamber, and said attic having a ventilating window therefor.

3. A structure of the character set forth comprising a main chamber anda head chamber separated therefrom by a dia phragm, means forventilating said head chamber, an attic chamber disposed above saidchambers and separated therefrom by a ceiling having a flexiblewithdrawable section disposed above said head chamber, said attic beingequipped with ventilating means.

4. A structure of the character set forth comprising a main chamber anda head chamber separated from each other by a flexible diaphragmdepending from the ceiling and slitted from its lower edge upwardly to aheight corresponding approximately with the height of a bed, and anattic chamber disposed above said first-named chambers and separatedtherefrom by a ceiling.

5. A structure of'the character set forth comprising a main frame,panels applied thereto comprising frames and fabrics applied thereto, adiaphragm dividing said structure into a main chamber and a headchamber, an attic chamber disposed above said first-named chambers andcovered with fabric, a ceiling fabric separating said attic chamber fromsaid first-named chambers, and means for ventilating said head chamber.

6. A structure of the character set forth comprising a frame and sideand end panels, and a folding roof comprising a pair of base framessupported on said first-named frame and hinged together at the center ofthe structure to permit them to be folded to bring their lower surfacestogether, and a pair of inclined frames hinged to the outer longitudinalmembers of said base frames, for the purpose set forth.

PHILIP A. KESSLER. In presence of J. G. ANDERSON, R. A. SCHAEFER.

